After lunch we headed over to a memorial about Ghandi. This place was where he lived the last 144 days of his life. They have the actual footsteps of his last walk before he was shot and killed.
Ghandi's bedroom
The famous footsteps from his last walk.
His only possessions.
It was quite incredible to read about this man and his life work.
The grounds were beautiful with well maintained gardens.
The weather had turned on us and it was raining and cold. (Well cold for my thin Thailand blood 72*). Unfortunately we rushed through some of the sites just because of us being cold. We did take off our shoes and strolled around the sacred gardens (ok we didn't stroll we walked very quickly. It was cold and I was not dressed properly). 😀. Where are the damn women selling Indian scarves who usually follow you around now when one is needed.
What I found so strange was inside his house. Upstairs in this very large building was a museum. This museum was all about Ghandi and his life works. What he preached and how he lead his life. It was the most modern museum with giant pictures of his face with the eyes cut out and lights replacing his eyes. Kind of creepy. Each room was very simple but with an extreme modern twist to show you what he believed. The thing I find so funny is he was all about simplicity. He only owned 6 things but this museum was so fancy and high tech almost the opposite of what Ghandi was about.
A very modern light and fountain displaying Be True.
The day was ending and it was time to go home. We were all exhausted and no shopping had been done.
Our tour guide dropped us at the hotel and we headed out on foot. We had been told by the concierge about an awesome factory emporium for shopping that was walking distance. The daylight was quickly coming to an end so now we are on a mission.
The emporium was a dream. 5 floors of pure shopping to meet every women tourist dreams. Moving from floor to floor casually thinking we had all the time in the world a bell is rung and we start noticing other shoppers quickly making their way to the bottom floor. Surely it can't be closing? If you ever want to make a woman make a fast decision on what she has been contemplating buying for the last 30 minutes tell her the store is closing. You have never seen 7 women put it into high gear and make decisions on things to buy immediately. We had only just begun and now it was closing. To be honest it was probably a good thing, Walter and my bank account thank the store for closing. Lol
We safely made it back to our hotel in the dark again.
Dinner was at The Spice Route. Little did we know that this restaurant in our hotel was one of the top 20 restaurants in Asia. Wow it did not disappoint and neither did the decor.
One of the ceilings
The entrance
We thought it was funny, the restaurant brought us this cake.
Cheers from the other side
😘 M
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